Bilbo and the dwarves have now entered the dark forest of Mirkwood. They follow the path as closely as they can, because Beorn warned them not to stray from the path. He also warned them about the river that flows through the woods. He said that they should not drink from it or even touch it. Soon enough they reach the river. They find a boat and get everyone across, but when Bombur is about to get out of the boat he slips and touches the river. They pull him out, but he is fast asleep and they can't wake him up. They couldn't just leave him so they dwarves took turns carrying Bombur, which was not an easy feat.
The dwarves and Bilbo continue on into the forest in hopes of reaching the end soon. The provisions went really fast and for awhile they walked around starving. One night the travelers saw a light and could smell delicious food. They ran to the light, but before they could blink the lights were out and the food was gone. They attempted this three times but to no prevail. Every time the lights got snuffed out the group was separated and the third time Bilbo fell asleep alone in the woods. When he woke up, he had spider threads all over him and a spider about to eat him. He used his elven sword and cut free then defeated the spider. He slipped on his ring and went off in search for his friends.
He finds them in a very bad place. They are all tangled in spider webs and spiders are talking about when to eat them. Bilbo comes up with a plan to save them. He lures the spiders away and then comes back to help his friends. After coming back he had little time to cut his friends down, the spiders were already heading back. Then all the spiders attacked. Bilbo was the only one in any shape to fight and he fought hard. In this fight he decided to name his sword Sting. He was able to get everyone out alive, except he realized that Thorin was not with them.
Thorin was actually with the Wood elves, who had captured him and demanded him to tell them why he was going to the Lonely Mountain. He wouldn't tell the elves about the treasure he was seeking (of course!), so he was put in the dungeon until he would talk. Not before long, the dwarves joined him because they were ambushed by Wood elves and taken to their king. Bilbo slipped his ring on so he wouldn't be captured. While the dwarves were trapped, Bilbo wandered the halls of the castle searching for a way out. Suddenly he found it! He saw that there was a place where the empty barrels were dumped into the river and this gave him an idea. He unlocked all the dwarves and they hopped into the barrels, but he couldn't get him in a barrel in time, so he had to ride on top of one. Then the elves pushed all the barrels into the river and they were away from the castle of the Wood elves!
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